Observations from a multicentre study on the use of the sputum specimen in patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-46

  Taylor, E L ^a   Marrie, T J ^a,d   Fine, M J ^a   Obroskyl, D S ^b   Kapoor, W N ^b   Coley, C ^c   Singer, D E ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Gram stain; Pneumonia; Sputum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PNEUMONIA; SAMPLING; SCREENING; SPUTUM EXAMINATION;

EID: 0032943296     PISSN: 11802332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/1999/414595     Document Type: Article

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